The Barbarian Invasions
“A comedy about sex, friendship, and all other things that invade our lives.”
2003•1h 39m•7.1•Released
ComedyDrama
In this belated sequel to 'The Decline of the American Empire', middle-aged Montreal college professor, Remy, learns that he is dying of liver cancer. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their estranged son, Sebastian, a successful businessman living in London, to come home. Sebastian makes the impossible happen, using his contacts and disrupting the Canadian healthcare system in every way possible to help his father fight his terminal illness to the bitter end, while reuniting some of Remy's old friends, including Pierre, Alain, Dominique, Diane, and Claude, who return to see their friend before he passes on.
Director
Denys Arcand
Writer
Denys Arcand
Budget
$8M
Revenue
$35M
Languages
French, English
Studio
Pyramide Productions
Cast
Rémy Girard
Rémy
Stéphane Rousseau
Sébastien
Marie-Josée Croze
Nathalie
Dorothée Berryman
Louise
Louise Portal
Diane Leonard
Dominique Michel
Dominique St. Arnaud
Pierre Curzi
Pierre Citrouillard
Yves Jacques
Claude
Marina Hands
Gaëlle
Sophie Lorain
First Lover
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Sister Constance Lazure
Mitsou Gélinas
Ghislaine
Isabelle Blais
Sylvaine
Markita Boies
Nurse Suzanne
Micheline Lanctôt
Nurse Carole
Production
Company
Pyramide Productions
Company
Cinémaginaire
Producer
Daniel Louis
Producer
Denise Robert
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